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Strategy, History, & Goals

Ends, ways, and means. Terrorist organizations are familiar with these concepts and the development of strategy too. Over the course of our history the CTC has studied and released reports and articles about terrorist goals and strategy. Browse the content below to learn more.

February 19, 2026

True Crime Community: Understanding the Depths of Digital Fandom and Performative Violence

Peter Smith, Cat Cadenhead, Clara Broekaert

From Insurgency to Statecraft: Al-Sharaa and Syria’s Foreign Fighters Test

Adrian Shtuni

January 21, 2026

A New ‘Regicides’ Era? Analyzing Trends in Terrorism Threats Against European Elected Officials

Thomas Renard

Feature Commentary: Red Teaming Hamas’ Options

Brian Michael Jenkins

December 12, 2025

Kachallas and Kinship: Understanding Jihadi Expansion and Diffusion in Nigeria

James Barnett, Umar Musa*

November 25, 2025

Burden-Sharing with Non-Traditional Counterterrorism Partners

Iselin Brady, Daniel Byman

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: The Repressed Islamic State Affiliates

Daniel Milton

The Changing Character of Terrorism and U.S. Counterterrorism

Don Rassler, Kristina Hummel, Brian Dodwell, Ned Curry

Danger Zone: Terrorism Risk – Theory, Practice, and Evolution

Don Rassler, Nicholas Clark, Sean Morrow

November 20, 2025

Rise of the E-Militias: Designated Terrorist Groups Infest Iraq’s Digital Economy

Michael Knights

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